GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: NY METS (73-56) at PHILADELPHIA (67-62)

NL: NY METS (73-56) at PHILADELPHIA (67-62)

<h3>Durbin, Phillies try to gain ground against Mets</h3>



<div class="pre">Ny Mets (73-56) at Philadelphia (67-62) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia Phillies host theNew York Mets in the opener of a four-game series Monday.

Philadelphia, which has lost six of its last eight games,trails the Mets by six games in the National League East.

The Phillies also have fallen three games behind San Diego(70-59) in the wild card race.


J.D. Durbin (5-3, 5.44 ERA) takes the mound for the Phillies.The righthander lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesdayafter allowing five runs and seven hits in six innings.

Durbin lost to the Mets on June 29 after getting ripped forsix runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. He is 5-2 with a3.45 ERA since that outing.


Meanwhile, the Mets have won eight of their last 13 and canfurther distance themselves from the pack in a six-game stretchagainst Philadelphia and Atlanta, (67-64) which is seven gamesback.


Brian Lawrence (1-1, 5.57) gets the ball for New York, which wontwo of three here in late June. In his last start, Lawrenceallowed four runs and seven hits in five innings in a 7-5 lossto San Diego on Tuesday.

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NY METS AT PHILADELPHIA -- LINEUPS

NY METS PHILADELPHIA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Jose Reyes SS .301 9 48 Jimmy Rollins SS .286 22 72
Luis Castillo 2B .321 1 10 Chase Utley 2B .336 17 82
David Wright 3B .319 23 86 Pat Burrell LF .267 20 70
Carlos Beltran CF .272 25 84 Ryan Howard 1B .264 34 106
Moises Alou LF .309 9 31 Aaron Rowand CF .314 21 73
Carlos Delgado 1B .245 18 70 Greg Dobbs 3B .277 8 43
Paul Lo Duca C .267 5 32 Jayson Werth RF .294 6 27
Shawn Green RF .274 8 36 Chris Coste C .333 4 18
Brian Lawrence RHP .250 0 2 J.D. Durbin RHP .286 0 0
(1-1, 5.57) (5-3, 5.44)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
WARMUPS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE (1-1, 5.57)
PHI - J.D. DURBIN (5-3, 5.44)

UMPIRES: HP - C.B. BUCKNOR
1B - JOE WEST
2B - ED RAPUANO
3B - ED HICKOX

WEATHER: 84 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 7 mph, right to left</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
STARTING BATS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE AND PAUL LO DUCA
PHI - J.D. DURBIN AND CHRIS COSTE

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.301, 9 HR, 48 RBI)
L CASTILLO (.321, 1 HR, 10 RBI)
D WRIGHT (.319, 23 HR, 86 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.286, 22 HR, 72 RBI)
C UTLEY (.336, 17 HR, 82 RBI)
P BURRELL (.267, 20 HR, 70 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
M Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
B Lawrence p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C Utley 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J Durbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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NY METS - 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.33

Pitches-strikes: J Durbin 12-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J Durbin 1-1. Batters
faced: J Durbin 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL NY METS AT PHILADELPHIA
NOTE: PHILADELPHIA MANAGER CHARLIE MANUEL HAS BEEN EJECTED
BY FIRST BASE UMPIRE JOE WEST IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING FOR
ARGUING A CALL AT FIRST BASE.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 1 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C BELTRAN (.272, 25 HR, 84 RBI)
M ALOU (.309, 9 HR, 31 RBI)
C DELGADO (.245, 18 HR, 70 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
M Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
B Lawrence p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J Durbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


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NY METS - 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.32

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.33

Pitches-strikes: B Lawrence 15-10; J Durbin 12-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Lawrence 1-2; J Durbin 1-1. Batters faced: B Lawrence 4; J Durbin 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.
EJECTIONS: PHILADELPHIA's Manuel by West (1st).
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 1 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.314, 21 HR, 73 RBI)
G DOBBS (.277, 8 HR, 43 RBI)
J WERTH (.294, 6 HR, 27 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272
M Alou lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
B Lawrence p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J Durbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


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NY METS - 00 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.32

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.23

Pitches-strikes: B Lawrence 15-10; J Durbin 29-18. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Lawrence 1-2; J Durbin 1-2. Batters faced: B Lawrence 4; J Durbin 6.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.
EJECTIONS: PHILADELPHIA's Manuel by West (1st).
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JAYSON WERTH SCORED GREG DOBBS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J WERTH ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 0
PHILADELPHIA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C COSTE (.333, 4 HR, 18 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 1 1 3 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR NY METS: P LO DUCA (.267, 5 HR, 32 RBI)
S GREEN (.274, 8 HR, 36 RBI)
B LAWRENCE (.250, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272
M Alou lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
B Lawrence p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280
J Werth rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .299
C Coste c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .330
J Durbin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267

Totals 9 1 3 1 0 1 3

BATTING: 2B - J Werth (6, B Lawrence). RBI - J Werth (28). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Durbin 1. Team LOB - 2.


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NY METS - 00 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 01 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 5.48

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.23

Pitches-strikes: B Lawrence 36-23; J Durbin 29-18. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Lawrence 3-2; J Durbin 1-2. Batters faced: B Lawrence 9; J Durbin 6.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.
EJECTIONS: PHILADELPHIA's Manuel by West (1st).
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 1 1 3 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.286, 0-FOR-1)
C UTLEY (.335, 0-FOR-1)
P BURRELL (.269, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (1) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272
M Alou lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
B Lawrence p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Totals 9 0 0 0 0 4 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280
J Werth rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .299
C Coste c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .330
J Durbin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267

Totals 9 1 3 1 0 1 3

BATTING: 2B - J Werth (6, B Lawrence). RBI - J Werth (28). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Durbin 1. Team LOB - 2.


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NY METS - 000 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 01 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 5.48

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.13

Pitches-strikes: B Lawrence 36-23; J Durbin 42-25. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Lawrence 3-2; J Durbin 3-2. Batters faced: B Lawrence 9; J Durbin 9.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.
EJECTIONS: PHILADELPHIA's Manuel by West (1st).
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY PAT BURRELL (21) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF BRIAN LAWRENCE SCORED JIMMY ROLLINS.
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 0, PHILADELPHIA 3

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.263, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 1 2 3 6 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - BRIAN LAWRENCE
PHI - J.D. DURBIN

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.301, 0-FOR-1)
L CASTILLO (.318, 0-FOR-1)
D WRIGHT (.318, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (3) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
L Castillo 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272
M Alou lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
P Lo Duca c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
S Green rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
B Lawrence p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Totals 9 0 0 0 0 4 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (L Castillo-C Delgado).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .287
C Utley 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .334
P Burrell lf 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .271
R Howard 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .265
A Rowand cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
G Dobbs 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280
J Werth rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .299
C Coste c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .330
J Durbin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267

Totals 14 3 6 3 0 1 5

BATTING: 2B - J Werth (6, B Lawrence). HR - P Burrell (21, 3rd inning off B
Lawrence 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Werth (28), P Burrell 2 (72). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Durbin 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (26, 2nd base off B Lawrence/P Lo Duca).


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NY METS - 000 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 012 -- 3
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Lawrence 3 6 3 3 0 1 1 6.00

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Durbin 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.13

Pitches-strikes: B Lawrence 49-33; J Durbin 42-25. Ground balls-fly balls: B
Lawrence 4-3; J Durbin 3-2. Batters faced: B Lawrence 14; J Durbin 9.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.
EJECTIONS: PHILADELPHIA's Manuel by West (1st).
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>